11.   But Republicans remained confident the news would have little impact, least of all on his core supporters.

12.   But so few people are expected to vote that the budget process is being used by each party to motivate core supporters.

13.   But Torricelli was concerned primarily Sunday with moving his core supporters to action on Election Day, to help get out the vote.

14.   Changing those views now to accommodate a defeated rival would only alienate his core supporters, while reinforcing the doubts swing voters have about Bush.

15.   Each party consolidated its core supporters and won half the independents.

16.   He has the adoration of his core supporters.

17.   In remaining days, party leaders say their major goal will be to turn out core supporters.

18.   Like Chenoweth, Fox counts conservative Republicans, militia groups and Christian groups as her core supporters.

19.   Ordinary Afghans have little praise for his tenure, which they saw as ineffective and corrupt, but his core supporters are very hardcore.

20.   Republicans have used the impeachment discussions to energize their core supporters, the hard right-wingers who despised Clinton before Monica Lewinsky.